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Leopold P. Holocaust testimony (HVT-37) interviewed by Laurel Vlock,

Oral History | Digitized | Fortunoff Collection ID: HVT-37

Overview

Summary: Videotape testimony of Leopold P., who was born in Moravia, Czechoslovakia in 1923. As a non-Jew, he speaks of the arrest, imprisonment in concentration camps, and heroism of his father, who was active in the Resistance; of his own arrest and torture by the Germans; and of his subsequent involvement with the resistance movement. He also discusses his awareness of the situation of Jews in Nazi-dominated Czechoslovakia, and his experiences as a slave laborer. Mr. P. reflects, in his capacity as an anthropologist as well as an eyewitness, on the origins and implications of the Holocaust.
Author/Creator: P., Leopold, 1923-
Published: New Haven, Conn. : Holocaust Survivors Film Project, 1980
Interview Date: February 4, 1980.
Locale: Czechoslovakia
Moravia (Czech Republic)
Olomouc (Czech Republic)
Cite As: Leopold P. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-37). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
Other Authors/Editors: Vlock, Laurel, interviewer.
Notes: Unpublished finding aid available in repository; 1/2 in. VHS is linked to finding aid by time coding.

Physical Details

Language: English
Copies: 3 copies: 3/4 in. master; 3/4 in. dub; and 1/2 in. VHS with time coding.
Physical Description: 1 videorecording (1 hr., 35 min.) : col

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Video tapes. Men. World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Czech. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements. Anti-Nazi movement. Catholics. Concentration camp inmates. Czechoslovakia. Moravia (Czech Republic) Olomouc (Czech Republic) Oral histories (document genres) P., Leopold,--1923- Dachau (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies
Special Collection: Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies

Link to Yale University Library Catalog:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/616216
Record last modified:: 2018-06-04 13:32:00
This page:: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/hvt616216

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